Tag: History
GREEN RIVER –– A new article on WyoHistory.org tells the story of two men famous (or infamous) in Rock Springs
GREEN RIVER –– A revolver not often encountered was researched today through the Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage Firearms Research
GREEN RIVER — A unique Smith & Wesson revolver was researched this week by the Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage
Note: The following article was written by Dick Blust Jr., a staff member of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum and
SWEETWATER COUNTY – A relic of the Indian Wars was the subject of recent study by the Sweetwater County Historical
SWEETWATER COUNTY – February is Black History Month, and the Sweetwater County Historical Museum is recognizing someone very special -
GREEN RIVER — The Rocky Mountain fur trade was the topic this week for more than a hundred Green River
GREEN RIVER Â A distinguished visitor stopped by the Sweetwater County Museum Friday. Daniel J. Seehafer, the new national commander
CHEYENNE — Wyoming historian Rick Ewig will be presenting, "'Only a Maniac': The Derailment of the Union Pacific's Portland Rose in
Dudley Gardner and his team of archaeologists are digging up history in downtown Rock Springs. A few feet beneath the
The summer of 1891 in Rock Springs witnessed one of the most explosive and foolish tragedies that has been recorded.
There tends to be an insightful and helpful perspective when looking back through history. Even in present day circumstances amidst
Thanksgiving has a way of bringing friends, family and complete strangers together. For the townsfolk of Brown's Park, the "Outlaws
SWEETWATER COUNTY — The death of the first game warden killed in the line of duty in Wyoming may have
The battleship USS Wyoming (BB-32) was launched 108 years ago, on May 25, 1911, at the William Cramp & Sons shipyard in
Over a year ago the SweetwaterNOW team was made aware of a historic archive that chronicles hidden pieces of Sweetwater
